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Researching Family Land to Identify Ancestors

In Session II of our series, A Guide to Discovering Your African American Roots, we'll explore the history of African American land ownership by encouraging African Americans to explore their family connections to homestead land. 

Our special guest is Bernice Alexander Bennett an award-winning author of three books, genealogist, nationally recognized guest speaker, storyteller and producer-host of the podcast Research at the National Archives and Beyond on BlogTalkRadio. 

We'll answer key questions, including:

• Who were African American homesteaders?
  An exploration of their identities, motivations and the meaning of land ownership for them.
• How to research family land to help identify Ancestors?

 

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			Researching Family Land to Identify Ancestors					</h1>
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					Online					</b></div>
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																<div><i class="fa fa-phone-square"></i> Phone:
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Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 491
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 193
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
CakeObject::requestAction() - CORE/Cake/Core/CakeObject.php, line 104
Modules::render() - APP/Lib/Modules.php, line 17
include - APP/View/Elements/display.ctp, line 13
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 963
AppController::renderPage() - APP/Controller/AppController.php, line 136
CventsController::display() - APP/Controller/CventsController.php, line 54
ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs() - [internal], line ??
Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 491
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 193
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167</pre></div></pre><div class="module clearfix"><div class="vcc-design aarp-events">
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Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 491
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 193
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
CakeObject::requestAction() - CORE/Cake/Core/CakeObject.php, line 104
Modules::render() - APP/Lib/Modules.php, line 17
include - APP/View/Elements/display.ctp, line 13
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 963
AppController::renderPage() - APP/Controller/AppController.php, line 136
CventsController::display() - APP/Controller/CventsController.php, line 54
ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs() - [internal], line ??
Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 491
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 193
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Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
CakeObject::requestAction() - CORE/Cake/Core/CakeObject.php, line 104
Modules::render() - APP/Lib/Modules.php, line 17
include - APP/View/Elements/display.ctp, line 13
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 963
AppController::renderPage() - APP/Controller/AppController.php, line 136
CventsController::display() - APP/Controller/CventsController.php, line 54
ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs() - [internal], line ??
Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 491
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CakeObject::requestAction() - CORE/Cake/Core/CakeObject.php, line 104
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View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 963
AppController::renderPage() - APP/Controller/AppController.php, line 136
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ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs() - [internal], line ??
Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 491
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 193
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
CakeObject::requestAction() - CORE/Cake/Core/CakeObject.php, line 104
Modules::render() - APP/Lib/Modules.php, line 17
include - APP/View/Elements/display.ctp, line 13
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 963
AppController::renderPage() - APP/Controller/AppController.php, line 136
CventsController::display() - APP/Controller/CventsController.php, line 54
ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs() - [internal], line ??
Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 491
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 193
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167</pre></div></pre><div class="module clearfix"><div class="vcc-design aarp-events">
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View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 963
AppController::renderPage() - APP/Controller/AppController.php, line 136
CventsController::display() - APP/Controller/CventsController.php, line 54
ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs() - [internal], line ??
Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 491
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ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs() - [internal], line ??
Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 491
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 193
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
CakeObject::requestAction() - CORE/Cake/Core/CakeObject.php, line 104
Modules::render() - APP/Lib/Modules.php, line 17
include - APP/View/Elements/display.ctp, line 13
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 963
AppController::renderPage() - APP/Controller/AppController.php, line 136
CventsController::display() - APP/Controller/CventsController.php, line 54
ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs() - [internal], line ??
Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 491
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 193
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167</pre></div></pre><div class="module clearfix"><div class="vcc-design aarp-events">
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			Friday, Jan 17, 2025 at 1:00&nbsp;p.m. PST 			
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	</li>

		
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	</div>

	
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	</div>
	


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				<img src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/vcc2/icons/presentation.svg" class="icon presentation" style="margin-left: 1px; width:21px"/>Online Event					</div>
	
	</li>

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